Collecting my 'free' car this week!
Discussion
Have been running a RR Vogue TD6 for the last 12 months, and whilst it serves its purpose very well (2 small kids, dog, mountain bikes etc), I have been spending an inceasing amount of time in central London recently, and with some large contracts in place for the next 2 years, I'll be there 3 or 4 days a week from now on. Whilst it would appear to make more sense to get the train in, the £20 per day + cost of this, plus the hassle of invariably lugging kit between sites means that driving in is often the only option. With the congestion charge now £10 per day, the company will be hit with a cost of £120-£180 per month in congestion charges alone.
With this in mind, I have ordered a congestion charge exempt (99g/km) Mini Cooper D which is only £190/month on a business contract hire, meaning that I'll actually be in pocket if I drove it in 20 days a month.
Throw in the 65mpg and I'm looking forward to a couple of years of guilt free motoring!
Does anyone know if the new 2011 Cooper D enginer can be remapped?
With this in mind, I have ordered a congestion charge exempt (99g/km) Mini Cooper D which is only £190/month on a business contract hire, meaning that I'll actually be in pocket if I drove it in 20 days a month.
Throw in the 65mpg and I'm looking forward to a couple of years of guilt free motoring!
Does anyone know if the new 2011 Cooper D enginer can be remapped?
AFAIK the diesel in the Mini is the PSA lump which is mappable but probably not really needed to be honest. I drove the lower powered fiesta version of the engine for a couple of years and had that mapped to around the same power as the Mini has and it only needed an extra gear to be the perfect cheap all rounder (if you need little space), as the Mini has 6 gears it should be perfect for most jobs with a few grins to boot.
Oh and the earlier Cooper Ds were a little quicker than the mapped fiesta so that can't be a bad thing.
Oh and the earlier Cooper Ds were a little quicker than the mapped fiesta so that can't be a bad thing.
Not really up on my diesel cars, but isnt the later 99g/co2 Cooper the BMW engine and not the older PSA one? I though they refreshed the range and did a few additions to the spec - including stop-start - from the BMW parts bin....
Could be totally wrong, but its supposed to be better! Oh, and easy to change the ECU mapping for more power. Undetectable too, but of course, wouldnt recommend that for a new lease car IN warranty...
Could be totally wrong, but its supposed to be better! Oh, and easy to change the ECU mapping for more power. Undetectable too, but of course, wouldnt recommend that for a new lease car IN warranty...
.HellDiver said:
Good luck getting 65mpg around the city.
I have a 15 mile A road drive to get into the city, and on the test drive I reset the computer and got 55mpg thrashing the pants off it around Park Lane, so think 60+ is feasible with a gentle foot.Compared with the 25mpg I get from the RR over the same journey, I'd be happy with 50mpg to be honest.
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